Midday Report Podcast Options

12:12 PM.Government ministers are currently meeting to review the current Covid-19 Delta outbreak, and the current Alert Level settings.

Auckland remains at Alert Level 4, while everywhere else is at Alert… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Covid-19 elimination remains key to an alert level shift, and the wild weather front tracks north. Audio

12:50 PM.It's the terror attack that changed the course of America and the world. This weekend marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Almost 3000 people from 78 countries were killed on September the 11th… Read more Audio

12:44 PM.It is Tongan Language Week. Tongans make up about 1.7 percent of New Zealand's population - our Pacific population is expected to reach 414,000 this year. Max Towle spoke to Tongan-born Labour MP… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.The country's grid operator Transpower is promising to make changes after a report found it contributed to last month's blackouts. The blackouts caused more than 34,000 customers to lose power on one… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.News from the rural and farming sector - weather is causing problems for Canterbury farmers. Audio

12:28 PM.The White Ferns captain Sophie Devine was confident they'd produced a defendable total in this morning's deciding T20 against England in Taunton only to see the match slip from their grasp with a ball… Read more Audio

12:17 PM.Some good news for Dunedin - those keen on visiting the Otago Farmers' Market tomorrow will be able to do so. The government has designated it an event, meaning there is a limit of only 100 people… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.A night of wild wind has downed powerlines and trees, and fanned scrub fires along the South Island's east coast. Severe, orange weather warnings are in place today, with strong northwest gales in… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.As Delta cases continue to pop up, possible symptoms such as stomach pain are under scrutiny. The Director of the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research Professor Graham Le Gros told Max Towle… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Another mystery case of Covid-19 has potentially exposed 36 Middlemore patients and some visitors to the Delta variant. Seven police officers who also interacted with the patient have been stood down… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Dozens at risk as a mystery Covid-19 case turns up at Middlemore Hospital and wild weather strikes down South. Audio

12:53 PM.Now, "common prosperity" has been the key mission statement from China's ruling communist party and leader Xi Jinping in recent months. He's been putting pressure on China's richest people to better… Read more Audio

12:46 PM.Members of Auckland's Tongan community are taking part in a mass vaccination event which started in the suburb of Favona today. It's part of Tongan Language Week, and will run for the next three days… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.While most of the country is returning to normal, Auckland remains in lockdown and not everyone has a bubble to rely on. Support services are being wrapped around those who aren't living with family… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.News from the rural and farming sector including milk testing raising the possibility of further M bovis cases. Audio

12:26 PM.The Warriors will again be based in Australia for next year's NRL season but plan to play up to half their home games in New Zealand. Audio

12:20 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

12:16 PM.The government's first home buyer grant for new houses is being squeezed by the rising cost of building materials. The cost of bricks, timber and steel is steadily rising, with price increases of up… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.There's been excitement and anxiety among both kids and their parents, as hundreds-of-thousands of students returned to school today. But 10km south of the Bombay Hills, the Mangatawhiri School… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.The nurses' organisation is concerned about hospital visitor rules in Auckland, which are allowing hundreds of people to visit patients every day during Alert Level Four. It says hospital staff are… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Frustration over hospital visitor numbers and first home buyers find houses further out reach Audio

12:49 PM.A few days ago a once-powerful Catholic cardinal pled not guilty to child sexual abuse charges in a Massachusetts court.

This is Theodore McCarrick, was defrocked by the Vatican two years ago.

This… Read more Audio

12:48 PM.Amohia ake te ora o te iwi - ka puta ki te whai ao - the health and well being of people is paramount - is the motto for Manurewa Marae in South Auckland.

The Whanau Ora provider has been rallying to… Read more Audio